The cost of owning a house

[snowdude 44]

Interesting that. Very different to what we have.

 

What do you have: would be interesting to see if you dont mind that is?

[DumbStick 13]

Panels are about 3 long and 45cm high. Ours are 1.8cm thick. They add them like this (not our house)

 

 

[DumbStick 13]

Posted this previously

 

http://www.kmew.co.jp/shouhin/siding/hikaricera/

http://www.kmew.co.j...sia/siding2.php

 

It's called hikari cera

[NoFakie 45]

The best known fiber cement siding, Hardiplank, is fitted by simply placing the boards next to each other (butt joints). Caulking is optional.

 

http://www.structuretech1.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/James-Hardie-2001-Instructions.pdf

 

With plastic or fiber cement siding, its not going to deteriorate if a tiny bit of water gets behind. The vapor barrier below will stop it getting any further. All houses should have eaves so its not as if non-wind blown rain will be hitting the wall anyway.

Difficulty or inability to cut boards midway may be a bigger negative from an appearance standpoint than interlocking joints on full length boards stopping infiltration is a positive.

[snowdude 44]

The best known fiber cement siding, Hardiplank, is fitted by simply placing the boards next to each other (butt joints). Caulking is optional.

 

http://www.structuretech1.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/James-Hardie-2001-Instructions.pdf

 

With plastic or fiber cement siding, its not going to deteriorate if a tiny bit of water gets behind. The vapor barrier below will stop it getting any further. All houses should have eaves so its not as if non-wind blown rain will be hitting the wall anyway.

Difficulty or inability to cut boards midway may be a bigger negative from an appearance standpoint than interlocking joints on full length boards stopping infiltration is a positive.

 

That is what ours is the Fibre cement with the lap joint to stop water getting in. There is no need for any fillers.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

The best known fiber cement siding, Hardiplank, is fitted by simply placing the boards next to each other (butt joints). Caulking is optional.

 

http://www.structure...nstructions.pdf

 

With plastic or fiber cement siding, its not going to deteriorate if a tiny bit of water gets behind. The vapor barrier below will stop it getting any further. All houses should have eaves so its not as if non-wind blown rain will be hitting the wall anyway.

Difficulty or inability to cut boards midway may be a bigger negative from an appearance standpoint than interlocking joints on full length boards stopping infiltration is a positive.

 

Most houses up this way don't have eaves they are predominantly flat roofed, cube like houses.

[NoFakie 45]

Yes that's right. The point I was trying to make though was about you saying that they didn't want to cut the planks because they interlock at the finished ends. The thing I linked to doesn't interlock, so cutting isn't an issue with it.

[NoFakie 45]

No eaves=the sun directly coming through your windows in summer. Holy greenhouse Batman!

 

Even Hokkaido is level with the south of France. Them's some powerful rays.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Yeah I know. I've noticed that a lot of the new houses have tinted windows, kinda like a bronzy colour. I figured that was to cut down on sunlight.

[nagpants 1]

I really like the Japanese paper slide thingies that cut out the direct sun.

What are they called again?

[NoFakie 45]

Shoji. I love em too. We've got them in about four rooms. Our main room has yukimi-shoji, ones where the bottom slides up to allow "snow viewing", but you have to sit on the floor to get the angle. The shoji in our main room slide away into pockets in the wall so they don't block the windows during the day. It was our architect's idea and it has worked really well. Our Japanese room has old shoji with an intricate lattice which are called shoin style.

 

Even though they're only paper, shoji are usually more effective than curtains in stopping draughts off windows, because there are no gaps.

[minus 1]

Should see the shoji in the house next to me.

Stained, ripped, soggy.... looks dreadful.

 

But I do like them too, though none in my place.

[charlotte 0]

It must be so exciting for you guys with your new houses being made.

I'm not in a situation to do that right now, but would love to some day.

[Chriselle 158]

All of our rooms have shoji and I re-did them this summer. I put the heavier plasticized paper on them. Much brighter and a lot more robust.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

I like em too. Very cool

[pie-eater 207]

I have busted a few though on drunken nights.

 

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Haha....yeah my old roommate had poke holes all the way through the one in his room at toe level from his futon

[snowdude 44]

I like them, but our new house does not have any, and no tatami room either as we never use the one we in this house except as a clothes storage room, plus it would not match our house as we have gone for a kind of east European style.

[Chriselle 158]

We have three tatami rooms....frickin hate it...!! We have those roll hardwood flooring mats covering it all.

[rach 1]

I remember when my friend moved from a place he had been in for 10+ years.

In that time he had almost never lifted up his futon.

When he did so at the end, the futon was literally black, soggy and wasted away under it.

It was absolutely disgusting.

[DumbStick 13]

 

Ewww!

[snowdude 44]

Yuk! Puke!

 

Well we have beds so we dont have problem and I lift up the matresses every couple of weeks or so to get air.

 

[DumbStick 13]

How's progress snowdude? They sorted out the outside thing for you? Must be only a few weeks off for you.

 

We're promised second week of October to be 'ready'.

 

Anyone know what this 'inspection' by the town office entails?

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

End of October here.

 

On the subject of siding, we're having the KMEW on our place as well - it seems to be the most used siding in this region for some reason anyway.

 

Actually, having some on the inside as well.

Behind the telly in an alcove, and there'll be some gentle light shining down on it from the top. That's the grey-ish one. Not up and done yet, so it remains to be seen what it looks like!

 

[muikabochi 208]

I hope we'll be invited!